Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 322
calls From apple bough or clover mead. The Brownies gathered as agreed, To venture boldly and procure The skates that would their fun insure. As rats and mice can make a breach To goods we thought beyond their reach,And visits pay to cake and cheeseWithout a key wheneer they please,So, cunning… … At once, the enterprise so boldReceived support from young and old.A place to muster near the town,And meeting hour they noted down ;And then retiring for the night.They soon were lost to sound and sight. A panel gone, a broken pane. A shingle loose they find like rain. Or, failing these, with ease…
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